Case Study

Automotive Supplier Digitizes Manual Workflow

“20/80 reversal – instead of spending ~80% of the time figuring out the problems and ~20% on actually solving them, now it is commonly the other way around.”

Principal Engineer, Stackpole

Improved Throughput + Time to Market

Automotive, Electrical Systems

Reduced Scrap 95+%

2000+ Employees

10-15% More Defects Identified

9 Plants (Canada)

Company Snapshot

Tier-1 automotive supplier of industry leading integrated mechanical and electrical power solutions (including engine and chassis components).

Challenges

Complex manufacturing set up with minimal automations and manual process control.
Scope for improved OEE.
Missing insights into inconsistent performance of critical machinery.

Outcomes + Benefits

Single tool for ubiquitous data collection in shop-floor from proprietary and CMM machines (text + database).
Faster root cause analysis using condition-based monitoring.
Improved process controls with traceability, automated quality checks, and data integration with ERP.
Reduced MTTx metrics.

Architecture

Litmus Edge running on VMs onsite.

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